Ahmet Şahin

Ahmet Şahin — Biography

Ahmet Şahin is a former goalkeeper known for playing at many levels of Turkish football and for a large number of clubs. His name is most associated with Samsunspor, where fans voted him the club's player of the year in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Late in his career he played for Giresunspor and Antalya Kemerspor. He is married and has a daughter.

He began at Yıldırım Bosnaspor and signed his first professional contract with Karagümrükspor, making his professional debut against Maltepespor on September 1, 1996. He moved to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 1997-98, joined Kocaelispor in 2001 and won the 2002 Turkish Cup. After four matches for Diyarbakırspor he was loaned back to his former club; he played nine matches for Trabzonspor and spent a season and a half at Adanaspor.

He joined Samsunspor in the middle of 2009-2010. In 2010-2011 he conceded 18 goals, the fewest of any goalkeeper in the league, which the press saw as the main factor in the team's title. In December 2011 he agreed to end his contract and moved to Elazığspor. At Balıkesirspor he won the 2. Lig title in his first season, and he played an important part in Mersin İdman Yurdu's promotion to the Süper Lig through the play-offs. After Osmanlıspor he captained Karabükspor.